February 15, 2007

Humble Reasoning

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
—Galileo Galilei

Source: Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, February 15, 2007.
⇒ It is the birthday of Galileo Galilei born in Pisa, Italy in 1564. He died in 1642 at his home outside Florence, Italy.
See also:
⇒ Rice University's The Galileo Project